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Loch Goil Noise Range is used to assess the noise signatures of Navy vessels and is maintained by defence contractor QinetiQ.

One of three such ranges maintained in Scotland, the others are located at Loch Fyne, and Rona between the Isle of Skye and the Scottish mainland.

The Loch Goil Noise Range is used for the static ranging of all types of vessels and the underway ranging of surface ships with the maximum speed limitations imposed by the size of the ship. The Loch Fyne Noise Range is used for underway ranging of surface ships, and the Rona Noise Range is used for underway ranging of submarines.

The Royal Navy maintains an online information service about the test facility within Loch Goil, and the closure of the loch, while trials are in progress, is signalled by the display of large red flags at Douglas Pier and Carrick Castle Pier.

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